[SOLVED] How to change User Name?

[dkc.com]

Hi friends,
I have recently installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. When I go to system>preferences>about me,
I can see an option there to change the password but is there any was to change the user name?

[TeoBigusGeekus]

Perhaps if you logged in as root and then fiddled with
System->Administration->Users and Groups
might do the trick.

[hut101]

To the best of my knowledge there is no mean to change the name of a user once that account if created in Ubuntu. You'll have to create a new user with the desired name and move all files from the old user account to the new user account before deleted the old user.

[nick_h]

I think you can use the -l option with the usermod command.

For the manual page, type:

man usermod

[bodhi.zazen]

Change username : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4968235

[dkc.com]

Change username : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4968235

Thanks mate really worked for me.

[TsinganKralis]

Change username : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4968235

the link isn't working

[bodhi.zazen]

the link isn't working

Try again, it is working now

[solsen300]

when i click the link it says solsen300, you do not have permission to access this page.

[ArielEnter]

when i click the link it says solsen300, you do not have permission to access this page.

same thing here